4. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
6. He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
7. As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.